Ottawa Messianic Fellowship

08/20/2026

Messianic Discussion Questions: Gog, Magog & Modern Spiritual Warfare
As we watch global hostility toward Israel rising across Europe, North America, and parts of Asia, Scripture invites us to look deeper than geopolitics. Ezekiel, Daniel, the Psalms, and the Apostolic Writings all describe spiritual powers influencing nations in the last days.
Here are some questions for thoughtful, prayerful discussion:
1. Ezekiel 38–39 describes Gog as a leader of a northern coalition. Revelation 20 uses Gog and Magog symbolically for a global rebellion energized by Satan.
Could Gog represent a spiritual principality rather than a single human ruler or nation?
2. Psalm 82 portrays corrupt spiritual god-like beings (elohim) who misgovern the nations YHVH judges them to die like the princes of mankind.
If these beings still influence earthly systems, could Gog be one of these rebellious rulers directing hostility toward Israel?
3. Daniel 10 reveals princes of Persia and Greece resisting God’s purposes.
Does this suggest that modern geopolitical hostility may also have unseen spiritual powers behind it?
4. Ezekiel’s coalition comes from the far north.
Is it possible that the modern rise of anti Israel sentiment across northern nations—Europe, North America, and parts of Asia. Does this reflect the same spiritual pattern Ezekiel foresaw?
5. Many modern movements (political, ideological, academic, and religious) are coordinating hostility toward Israel.
Could these be human expressions of a deeper spiritual rebellion, the kind that Revelation calls Gog and Magog?
6. If Gog is a spiritual entity or cluster of entities, how should believers discern the difference between legitimate political critique and spiritually energized hatred of Israel?
7. How does recognizing the spiritual dimension of Ezekiel’s prophecy change the way we pray, watch, and prepare for the end time conflict between good and evil?
8. What role does the Body of Messiah play in resisting not only physical hostility toward Israel, but also the spiritual powers behind it (Eph 6:12)?

08/08/2026

Many Christians and Messianic believers have been persuaded by Jewish anti‑missionaries that Yeshua/Jesus is not the biblical Messiah.
So how can we, as believers, defend our faith? Or help change the mind and heart of someone who has drifted away?
These are the most important and delicate questions in Messianic ministry.
When anti‑missionaries have persuaded someone, you’re not merely facing an intellectual objection. You’re addressing:
Wounded trust
Fear of betraying Jewish identity
Misunderstanding of Scripture
Relational pressure from family or community
A sense of “I was lied to”
Therefore, the strongest argument is never a single proof‑text. It is a three‑strand cord—and when woven together, these strands are extraordinarily powerful.
THE STRONGEST ARGUMENT: The Convergence of Three Unbreakable Realities
1. The Tanakh’s Messianic Profile Matches Yeshua Alone
There is no other candidate that fits. Anti‑missionaries may isolate verses, but they never address the full messianic profile in the Tanakh. When you take the entire prophetic picture, only one person in history matches it:
A. Messiah must come before the destruction of the Second Temple
Daniel 9:24–26 says the Messiah will be “cut off” before the Temple is destroyed. The Temple was destroyed in 70 CE. If Yeshua is not the Messiah, there is no Messiah—because the window has closed.
B. Messiah must be rejected by His own people yet vindicated by God
Isaiah 53; Psalm 118:22; Zechariah 12:10
C. Messiah must be both human and divine
Micah 5:2 (“His origins are from ancient days”); Isaiah 9:6 (“Mighty God”); Daniel 7:13–14 (worshiped by all nations)
D. Messiah must bring Gentiles to the God of Israel
Isaiah 49:6; Isaiah 42:6; Malachi 1:11. Only one Jewish figure in history fulfills all of these: Yeshua of Nazareth.
This is not a “Christian” argument—it is an argument straight from the Tanakh.
2. Anti‑missionary Judaism Cannot Produce a Viable Alternative Messiah, YESHUA!
This is the argument that shakes people awake.
Ask gently: “If Yeshua is not the Messiah, then who is?” They will have no answer.
Because:
Rabbinic Judaism has no candidate
No one else fits Daniel’s timeline
No one else fulfills Isaiah’s Servant prophecies
No one else brings the nations to the God of Israel
No one else fulfills the suffering‑before‑glory pattern
Anti‑missionaries can only deconstruct faith. They cannot construct a replacement. This realization is often the turning point.
3. The Deepest Jewish Fear: “If I Believe in Yeshua, I Stop Being Jewish”
This is the emotional core. Anti‑missionaries don’t win because their arguments are strong—they win because they speak to identity wounds.
The strongest healing truth is this:
Believing in Yeshua is the most Jewish thing a Jewish person can do.
Why?
Yeshua is the Jewish Messiah promised in the Jewish Scriptures
His earliest followers were all Jews
The New Covenant was promised to Israel and Judah (Jeremiah 31:31)
The early movement was called The Way, a Jewish sect
Gentiles were grafted into Israel’s promises (Romans 11)
The anti‑missionary narrative says:
“If you believe in Yeshua, you betray your people.”
But Scripture says:
“If you believe in Yeshua, you fulfill your people’s calling.”
This restores the heart.
THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO CHANGE A FALLEN‑AWAY BELIEVER’S MIND
It’s not by arguing every objection or debating every verse.
It’s by presenting the one question anti‑missionaries cannot answer:
If Yeshua is not the Messiah, then who is?
And how can the Messiah come after the Temple was destroyed, when Daniel says He must come before?
This question dismantles the anti‑missionary worldview at its foundation.
THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO CHANGE THEIR HEART
Show that:
Yeshua is not a “Christian invention”; He is the Messiah of Israel, promised in the Tanakh
Faith in Him is not betrayal—it is a homecoming
Their Jewish identity is not erased; it is fulfilled
When the mind sees the prophetic evidence, and the heart sees the restoration of identity, the spirit becomes open again.
May the Lord give us wisdom, gentleness, and courage as we reach those who have wandered.
Chazak v’ematz!

08/01/2026

Rabbi David Stone at Ottawa Messianic Fellowship, Friday, July 31, 2026
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07/31/2026

07/11/2026

It is time to revisit your understanding of the word "Meek"!
Meekness is not weakness; it is strength willingly disciplined by the Spirit of God.

In Scripture, both the Hebrew word anavah and the Greek word praus describe a person who knows the weight of the strength, authority, and gifts God has placed within them. Yet, they chooses to place all of it under the Father’s hand. Meekness is not the absence of power; it is power fully yielded, fully governed, and fully directed by the Holy Spirit. It is the quiet majesty of someone who could assert themselves, defend themselves, or elevate themselves, but instead chooses restraint, trust, and love because of their trust in God Word!

When Yeshua declared, “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth,” He is not blessing passivity. He is blessing men and women whose courage, capabilities, and inner fire have been trained and led by the Holy Spirit . Like a warhorse under the reins of its master, to move only at the Father’s command. Meekness is steadfast Spirit‑disciplined strength. A strength that heaven entrusts with authority.

But many of us were taught a smaller, thinner version of the word meekness. Over time, in English, the word “meek” drifted toward “weak”, timid, conflict‑averse and easily silenced. This cultural distortion seeped into preaching and discipleship for centuries.

Now, in a world obsessed with self‑assertion and personal rights, meekness was often reduced to "be nice and don’t cause trouble", rather than yielding your strength to God and letting Him direct it.
Authority figures have so misled believers that they began to confuse meekness with personality traits such as quietness, compliance, and non‑confrontation. A view, which moved us away from a Biblical Covenantal understanding. A perspective which frees us from self‑promotion, retaliation, and pride.

It is time to repent of our low view of meekness and recover its royal beauty.

Meekness calls us to lay down our right to self‑defense, self‑promotion, and self‑vindication. Not because we lack strength, but because we trust the Father’s justice more than our own. It invites leaders and everyday disciples to bring their influence, intellect, authority, and gifting under the Holy Spirit’s discipline, becoming people whose strength is restrained by love, released by obedience, and aimed by heaven.

When we teach meekness this way, less as “be agreeable” and more as “be powerful, but governed by God”. We stop shrinking the word and start restoring its Kingdom meaning. We invite followers of Yeshua/Jesus into a seemingly upside‑down kingdom, where the meek inherit the earth, precisely because their Spirit-led strength is directed through the Wisdom of Yeshua our, Messiah and King.

07/11/2026

Erev Shabbat with Max deSouza.

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06/29/2026

What qualified Yeshua/Jesus, to be your Savior/Redeemer?

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05/24/2026

Today is Pentecost/ Shavuot!
The Omer Count is far more than a calendar ritual. It is a Time of spiritual ascent. In Messianic understanding, Shavuot (the Feast of Weeks) marks the climax of this forty-nine-day/seven-week journey. It completes the path that started in the Passover week, on the day after the regular Sabbath following First Fruits—the day of Yeshua’s/Jesus Resurrection! At Shavuot, or Pentecost, this journey reaches its fulfillment through the revelation and empowerment of the Holy Spirit (Ruach ha Kodesh). It is the same day when Israel received the Torah at Sinai, and the day when Yeshua poured out the Ruach ha Kodesh upon His disciples, enabling believers to keep the Torah by writing it upon their hearts.

05/23/2026

🌾 Day 49 — May 23, 2026 | 16 Sivan 5786
The Final Day of the Omer — Erev Shavuot Approaches
Blessing for Counting the Omer (Transliterated)
Barukh Atah Adonai Eloheinu Melekh ha olam, asher kid’shanu b’mitzvotav v’tzivanu al sefirat ha Omer.
Today’s Count
Forty ninth day of the Omer Count.
Hayom arba’im v’tesha yom la Omer.
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Psalm for Today — Psalm 150 (KJV)
1 Praise ye the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary…
3 Praise him with the sound of the trumpet…
4 Praise him with the timbrel and dance…
6 Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord.

05/22/2026

Day 48 — May 22, 2026 | 15 Sivan 5786
Blessing for Counting the Omer (Transliterated)
Barukh Atah Adonai Eloheinu Melekh ha olam, asher kid’shanu b’mitzvotav v’tzivanu al sefirat ha Omer.
Today’s Count
Forty eighth day of the Omer Count.
Hayom arba’im u’shmonah yom la Omer.

Psalm for Today — Psalm 80 (KJV)
1 Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel…
3 Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine…
7 Turn us again, O God of hosts…
19 Turn us again, O Lord God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.